The problem of locating journal articles

• wide range of bibliographic resources are now available
  • abstracting and indexing (A & I) databases
  • electronic tables of contents
  • full text of journal articles
  • holdings catalogues
  • learning and teaching materials with bibliographic links
  • library portals with links to ejournals and journal article services
• some resources enable users to discover items of interest
• some resources enable users to access a paper or electronic copy of the item
• it can be difficult for user who has discovered an item to locate a resource that provides access to the item